Mutual criticism and state/society interaction in Botswana

Maundeni, Zibani

doi:10.1017/s0022278x04000424

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“…Fourth, it countervails state power and ensures checks and balances (Stepan and Linz 1996 ). Fifth, it acts as a voice for the voiceless in society since it advocates for the marginalized groups (Maundeni 2004 ). Lastly, it lobbies politicians to protect the interests of citizens.…”

Section: The Conceptual Review and The Nexus Between Civil Society An...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Rebellious civil society and democratic consolidation in Lesotho

Kali

2022

J. Soc. Econ. Dev.

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Civil society's efforts to push democratic transitions and deepen democracy are influenced by the political context in which they operate. This study examined the role of civil society in consolidating democracy in Lesotho. Specifically, it explored the tactics employed by the unions to defend human rights and deepen democratic practices. The author conducted a face-to-face interview with the key informants and used content analysis to understand the mechanisms used by the unions to bargain and defend the interests of their members. This study established that unions in Lesotho play a significant role in consolidating democracy through diverse activities such as advocacy, aggregation of interests and checks and balances. However, their civility and cooperative habits are undermined by the irresponsive government of Lesotho. Hence, they resort to social protests in most cases for the government to respond. Though protests seem effective when offsetting the injustices and violation of people’s rights, they open up a Pandora’s Box since they lead to loss of life in Lesotho. The security forces in the country often unleash disproportionate force and kill some protesters. Hence, efforts to consolidate democracy are largely undermined by police and army brutality.

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Section: The Conceptual Review and The Nexus Between Civil Society An...mentioning

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Rebellious civil society and democratic consolidation in Lesotho

Kali

2022

J. Soc. Econ. Dev.

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“…The Tswana culture encourages criticism or disapproval in each other’s presence, tolerance of divergent views, non-violence, and extreme ideas (including extremist organizations) are discouraged (Holm, 1988; Maundeni, 2004; Rotberg, 2003; Sebudubudu and Molutsi, 2008). As Holm (1988: 196) quips, Tswana culture is ‘more antithetical to physical violence than many other parts in Africa’ as it ‘places a high value on peaceful social relations.…”

Section: Possible Factors That Account For Botswana’s Impressive Recordmentioning

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The critical role of leadership in Botswana’s development: What lessons?

Sebudubudu

Botlhomilwe

2012

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Many countries, particularly in Africa, have failed to realize development largely because they suffer from a 'leadership deficit'. Evidence across the African continent shows that even countries that are endowed with resources have failed to transform, in part because of bad leadership. Yet, there are countries that are an exception to this trend. Botswana is one such a country. This paper uses the case of Botswana to demonstrate that leadership can make a difference. It, therefore, argues that leadership can either make or break a country. Botswana has been able to transform itself from a position of desolation at independence to one of an upper middle income country by the 1990s. It is today held as an economic and political success story that can offer lessons to other African countries. This is remarkable by African standards. Botswana's transformation was possible in part because of the good leadership and good policy decisions. The case of Botswana shows that leadership is a crucial success factor for any country's development prospects. The paper uses the case studies of presidents Seretse Khama, Ketumile Masire, Festus Mogae and Ian Khama to demonstrate the significance of leadership in influencing the direction and development of the country.

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“…Experience elsewhere in Africa, particularly in countries such as Botswana, Moçambique and South Africa, suggests that more local networks will follow (Habib, 2005;Maundeni, 2004;Bellucci, 2002;Pfeiffer, 2004) . In doing so, it is hoped they might create networks of meaning of their own, which correlate to their imaginings of nature and culture.…”

Section: Understanding Processes Of Localisation Of Holding On To Cumentioning

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Technology, governance and place: situating biotechnology in Kenya

Harsh

Smith

2007

Sci. and Pub. Pol.

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Following the pioneering work of several Latin American anthropologists, reconnecting to the idea of place and examining networked strategies of marginalised actors are explored as useful approaches to analyse the governance of biotechnology in an African context. Such place-based approaches provide an opportunity to marry more traditional understandings of macro levels of governance with the politics of how local institutions assign needs, build relationships and manage change. The argument is illustrated via case studies of several tissue culture banana projects in Kenya. The cases show that a place-based approach to governance can be both empirically pragmatic and theoretically useful by providing a way to focus on the location of decision-making, and by putting politics and power differentials between actors more firmly within governance frameworks.

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Mutual criticism and state/society interaction in Botswana

Cited by 12 publications

References 4 publications

Rebellious civil society and democratic consolidation in Lesotho

Rebellious civil society and democratic consolidation in Lesotho

The critical role of leadership in Botswana’s development: What lessons?

Technology, governance and place: situating biotechnology in Kenya

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